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Case Reports
. 2012 Jan;22(1):19-22.
doi: 10.4103/0971-3026.95398.

Percutaneous transhepatic embolization of biliary leakage with N-butyl cyanoacrylate

Gianpaolo Carrafiello  1 , Anna Maria Ierardi, Filippo Piacentino, Larissa N Cardim
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Case Reports

Percutaneous transhepatic embolization of biliary leakage with N-butyl cyanoacrylate

Gianpaolo Carrafiello et al. Indian J Radiol Imaging. 2012 Jan.

Abstract

Biliary leakage is a known complication after biliary surgery. In this report, we describe an uncommon treatment of a common biliary complication, wherein we used percutaneous transhepatic injection of N-butyl cyanoacrylate (NBCA) to treat a biliary leak in an 83-year-old patient.

Keywords: Biliary drainage; N-butyl cyanoacrylate; biliary leakage; percutaneous embolization; transhepatic embolization.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Cholangiogram shows biliary leakage (arrows) after conservative treatment
Figure 2
Figure 2
Superselective embolization of biliary leakage with NBCA (arrows)
Figure 3
Figure 3
Postprocedural cholangiogram shows the disappearance of the leakage (arrows)
Figure 4
Figure 4
Cholangiogram performed after 3 months shows the absence of recurrence. The drainage was removed
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